Nigerian musician, singer, and songwriter Seun Kuti returns to New Zealand after previously headlining WOMAD in 2009 and 2016.
The youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, he is the first act to be announced for the Winter Series at Auckland Town Hall this May, before heading to Wellington’s Meow Nui, and will be joined by his father’s former band, Egypt 80.
As a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the band’s formal ranks before he was 12. In 1997, upon Fela’s passing, in fulfilment of his father’s wishes, Seun assumed the mantle as head of Egypt 80 and has run it ever since.
As a musician and pan-African activist, Seun has been involved in a number of campaigns in recent years, including #OccupyNigeria and #EndSARS, a social movement against police brutality in Nigeria.
Significantly, he’s revived the Movement of the People (M.O.P.), the political party his father set up in 1979, which was quashed by the military government not long after Fela’s failed presidential bid.
The Winter Series returns for its second year, showcasing impressive international acts alongside some of New Zealand’s most beloved artists in Auckland this May.
Tickets go on sale to the public on Monday, the 23rd of March at 1 pm local time.
The Live Nation Presale starts Friday, 20 March, 12 pm, until Monday, 23 March, 12 pm local time or until allocation is exhausted.
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